Hoof-pad.



I No. 753,955. PATENTED MAB. 8, 1904 G. H. CLARK.

HOOP PAD.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.18, 1901.

NO MODEL.

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%WO I 7' 6J6 C hWZO/ 10946445 J5 UNITED STATES Fatented March 8,- 1 904.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. CLARK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOELLERY C. WRIGHT, OF CAMPELLO, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOOF-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,955, dated March 8,1904.

Application filed November 18, 1901. Serial No. 82,615. (No model.)

, citizen of the United States, and a resident of the form shown in Fig.2, leaving a series of i Boston, county of Suffolk, State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Hoof- Pads, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel hoof-padadapted to be interposed between the usual horseshoe and the hoof andpresent at the inner edge of the hoof a yielding rib, cushion, or roll,preferably hollow and acting as a fender, said fender extending upwardlyabove the level of the body of the pad underlying the hoof.

In the production of my fender as a part of the pad I prefer to take aflexible tube and inclose it preferably between parts of two plies ofmaterial shaped to embrace and hold the tube firmly in position.Preferably the material entering into my improved pad will be vulcanizedto thereby make the separate parts into one piece.

Figure 1 is a top view of my novel pad resting on a horseshoe; Fig. 2, adetail showing one of the plies of the pad laid out flat wit-h the tubein place. Fig. 3 shows the parts represented in Fig. 2 applied toanother ply of the pad. Fig. 4 is a section enlarged on the line x, Fig.1.

In the drawings, A represents a conventional horseshoe having twoupwardly-extended studs (4.

In the production of my novel pad B in one of the best forms now knownto me I may take, say, a ply b of suitable material, preferably amaterial that may be incorporated with other material by vulcanizationin any usual way. I cut this material preferably in projecting fingersb, separated by spaces 6 of such shape as will enable said fingers to beinturned to embrace a tube or roll 0 to act as a fender, said ply andtube being preferably coated with gum or cement, such as commonlyemployed in the production of articles of india-rubber. After wrappingthe fingers Z) about the tube 0 I turn the parts, Fig. 2, over and laythe tube on a series of fingers cl of a second ply cZ, notched at d inthe production of said fingers, and I then turn the outer edge of theplyoZv upwardly and inwardly to overlie and envelop the fingers Z) andtube, substantially as shown in Fig. 4, the tube thus projecting to oneside and above the plane of the pad. By using two plies of material, asIhave shown and prefer, to embrace the tube from opposite directions thegreatest efficiency and strength of the pad are secured; but I couldmake a very desirable pad by embracing the tube with but one of theplies from one direction. I prefer 'as a finishing layer to apply to thestructure, Fig. 3, a strip of india-rubber 0.

All the material used in the pad will preferably be such that it may bevulcanized into one piece. The material used may be of any desiredthickness, and more or less of it may be of fabric or textile material.

Fig. 1 shows the'pad provided with a frogpiece f to underlie the frog ofthe hoof, and the piece f may form an integral part of the hoof-pad orbe an independent piece overlying part of the hoof-pad. My invention ofthe hollow fender composed of the tube enveloped, as described, andextended from that part of the pad which is to lie at the inner side ofthe hoof may, however, be used to advantage with a pad from which thefrog-piece is omitted. In most instances of the use of my invention therib, cushion, or fender of the pad will extend between the shoe and hoofonly at the inner side of the hoof.

It will be obvious that with a pad having a yielding fender to projectonly beyond the inner side of the hoof that my improved pad must be maderights and lefts.

The body of the pad has suitable holes for the reception of studs (0 orscrews by which to attach the pad to the shoe before driving the usualnails through the shoe and the web of the pad into the hoof.

By making the fender hollow the weight to be carried by the foot isdecreased, and the diameter of the fender may be increased as requiredby a particular horse without mate rially increasing the weight of thepad.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire, tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hoof-pad having a flange to be interposed between the shoe and thehoof, and provided with a yielding hollow fender projecting above theplane of and from one side of the pad to fit the exterior of the hoof.

2. A hoof-pad to be interposed between a shoe and hoof, said pad havinga fender composed of a tube secured to the pad and Wrapped in a plyhaving its outer edges cut to present fingers.

3. A hoof-pad to be interposed between a shoe and hoof, said pad havinga fender composed of a tube secured to the pad and wrapped in a plyhaving its outer edges cut to present fingers, said parts beingvulcanized.

4. A hoof-pad to be interposed between a shoe and hoof, said padcomprising a tube wrapped between a plurality of plies having theiredges cut to present fingers, said parts being vulcanized together.

5. A hoof-pad having a flange to be interposed between the shoe andhoof, and provided with a yielding hollow fender to fit the exterior ofthe hoof, the flange of the pad being connected by a portion toconstitute a frog-pad to sustain the frog of the hoof.

6. A hoof-pad having a flange to be interposed between the shoe and thehoof and provided with a yielding hollow fender to fit the exterior ofthe hoof, said fender being separate-from and secured to the flange.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE H. CLARK. Witnesses:

GEO. H. MAXWELL, EDITH M. STODDARD.

